Cash Prize Starting From Rs 50,000, Medallion, Certificate: What Do National Film Awardees Win?

National Awards Cash Prize: The National Film Awards is one of the most prominent awards in the country. Since 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. The awards for the year 2022 were announced today, August 16 in the National Capital. Like all other awards, the National honours too are divided into categories and winners of different categories win different cash prizes. However, all awardees take home a cash prize, a Medallion, a cash prize, and a certificate of merit. 
 

Cash prize for the Golden Lotus category 

Awards in the National Film Awards are divided into Golden and Silver Lotus categories. Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Children's Film, Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director and Best Animated Films are part of the Golden Lotus (Swarn Kamal) category. The cash prize taken home by the winners are: 

Best Feature Film, won by Malayalam movie Aattam: The Play this year: Rs. 2,50,000
Best Director won by Sooraj R Barjatya: Rs. 2,50,000
Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment won by Kantara: Rs. 2,00,000
Best Children's Film: Rs. 1,50,000
Best Animated Film: Rs. 1,00,000

Cash prize for the Silver Lotus category 

The Rajat Kamal category includes acting and technical awards, namely, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Child Artist, Best Music Direction and Best Playback Singer, among others. The winners of this award category are given Rs 50,000 in prize money each.  The category also includes It also includes the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and Best Film on Social Issues. These award categories are given Rs 1,50,000 in prize money. 

Who won what at the 70th National Awards

At the 70th National Film Awards 2024 on Friday, Rishabh Shetty was named the Best Actor for his performance in the Kannada film Kantara, while Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh shared the Best Actress honour for their performances in Thiruchitrambalam and Kutch Express respectively. Aattam, the Malayalam language suspense chamber drama film written and directed by Anand Ekarshi, was named in three categories including Best Film, Best Editing and Best Screenplay. Filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya was feted with the Best Director for the film Uunchai starring Amitabh Bachchan. Acclaimed actor Manoj Bajpayee won a Special Mention award for Gulmohar, which was also named the Best Hindi Film.

Gulmohar, which also stars Sharmila Tagore, follows a multi-generation family who are all set to move out of their 34-year-old family home. Kantara: Chapter 1, which stars Rishab in a dual role with Kambala champion who is at loggerheads with an upright forest officer, Murali, won the Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revealed the winners on Friday in New Delhi. The winners, including the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, will be honoured by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony scheduled for October 2024.